Can google voice ring differently?

[covert7]

So I wanted to ask this question in the general help forum as I found a similar one in a phone specific area but there wasn't a definitive answer there.

So I would like for my Google Voice number to ring differently than my regular carrier number. I give out the GV number for business use and my regular one for personal/friend use.

So does anyone know if it's possible to have a separate ringtone? I see under the GV settings area "Sync and notfications - Select Ringtone" but it doesn't appear to work when I call the number. Any ideas?

(I'm on android 2.1 if that matters.)

 

[426yankee]

in settings on your google voice, set the incoming caller id to your google voice number. set up a contact on your phone with that number and assign it a ringtone. that should do the trick

 

[covert7]

Thanks for the input! I can see what you're talking about with the above technique but it's not exactly what I was looking for. Guess there's just no way to get it to ring differently like I want. Oh well it's not the end of the world.

Again thanks for your help!

 

[takeshi]

I see under the GV settings area "Sync and notfications - Select Ringtone" but it doesn't appear to work when I call the number.

The setting you're talking about is for GV notifications (SMS, voicemail). It's not to set up a GV ringtone.

Thanks for the input! I can see what you're talking about with the above technique but it's not exactly what I was looking for. Guess there's just no way to get it to ring differently like I want. Oh well it's not the end of the world.

You can use the approach above or set up custom ringtones for your business contacts. There's really no way for the device to tell where the call is coming from unless you use the GV caller ID approach mentioned above.